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I wonder who's gonna have a Irish accent?
A red hair dwarf witha cleaver at least thats why I'm hoping for. Can you say genius?...
What Accents Will be Used?
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 01:46
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David Gaider wrote...
There are indeed many English accents. For voiceover purposes we use what is called RP (Received Pronunciation) unless we are going for a specific sound like cockney or West Country.
West Country FTW
, be great to hear a Janner accent be like home :happy:
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:10
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David Gaider wrote...
leonia42 wrote...
I think the American-Canadian relationship is similar to the Aussie-Kiwi one. Or maybe I have no idea.
No, that's very true. Calling a Canadian an American is pretty similar to calling a New Zealander an Australian. Except that we'll be much more quietly offended and will apologize to the wall when we bump into it after spinning on our heel to angrily storm off.
That made me LOL so hard...
I still think it's funny that people accuse Leliana's accent of being fake.
Will the Qunari have a different accent in DA2? Seems as though at the moment there is quite a bit of midwest American floating around.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:10
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Upsettingshorts wrote...
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I'am a American, of Irish/English background and I still don't know why Canadian people hate American's so much and don't give me the same old line "Americans think they are better then all"...to much hate in the world for moot things.
Inferiority complex.
Nice response
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:25
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I agreeleonia42 wrote...
Upsettingshorts wrote...
thenemesis77 wrote...
I'am a American, of Irish/English background and I still don't know why Canadian people hate American's so much and don't give me the same old line "Americans think they are better then all"...to much hate in the world for moot things.
Inferiority complex.
Nice response
nice response
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:27
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Speaking of accents in Ferelden, was it ever explained where the Crimson Oars in Denerim were from? They bug the hell out of me everytime I hear them. Are they Avvars? Free Marchers? Nevarrans? Nugs wearing complex biomechanical humanoid suits?
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Nugs wearing complex biomechanical humanoid TUXEDOS!!!! how could u be so wrongRocket_Propelled_Grenade wrote...
Speaking of accents in Ferelden, was it ever explained where the Crimson Oars in Denerim were from? They bug the hell out of me everytime I hear them. Are they Avvars? Free Marchers? Nevarrans? Nugs wearing complex biomechanical humanoid suits?
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:31
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Maverick827 wrote...
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Still English accents for the most part.
I mistakenly read this as "Silly English accents for the most part," and you were much cooler than usual for a brief second.
Now all I have is Monty Python in my head. Bah.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:41
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Well, I'm fine with the Dalish getting an accent of their own, but now it actually bothers me that (non-foreign) city elves don't share an accent with the human residents of their respective settlements.
Yeah... And remember, we're talking about hundreds of years of "co-existence".
A bearded guy demonstrating different Welsh accents on YouTube. Before I didn't really know what a Welsh accent sounded like, but I suspected it couldn't be astronomically different from British accents (if that makes any sense at all, it's a rather ambiguous subject), so now I'm ASTONISHED! THEY DID DIS ARSE-BACKWARDS!
Why?!
Because they CAN!
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 02:44
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I kind of had the Free Marches pegged as being fairly Scottish, taking after the Scottish Marches, and then Kirkwall (Being a real town on Orkney, and with 'kirk' meaning Church) fixed that image in my head, so it'll be interesting, and maybe a little jarring, to hear mostly English accents in such a setting.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 03:15
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And here going off the Location what we heard about it I thought it would be more Scottish/German.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 04:33
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As a USian living in Canada I can safely say I like (parts of) both just fine 
The extent of Welsh accents I've heard are from Doctor Who and Torchwood, but they sound nice to me.
The extent of Welsh accents I've heard are from Doctor Who and Torchwood, but they sound nice to me.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 04:46
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why is that? do you have a disgusting american accent then?Maverick827 wrote...
David Gaider wrote...
Still English accents for the most part.
I mistakenly read this as "Silly English accents for the most part," and you were much cooler than usual for a brief second.
''DO Y'ALL WANT FRIES WITH DATTTTTT
HEY Y'ALLLLLLLLLLL''
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 04:52
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Every 0.5 seconds somebody argues about USA v whatever on the internets. Time to grow up folks. Whatever country you're from, you don't do it any favours with bigotry.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 04:52
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Upsettingshorts wrote...
thenemesis77 wrote...
I'am a American, of Irish/English background and I still don't know why Canadian people hate American's so much and don't give me the same old line "Americans think they are better then all"...to much hate in the world for moot things.
Inferiority complex.
Funny, but no. It's about misidentification. That's primarily where the insult comes from. To us, Canadian and American cultures and our accents are so different in a lot of ways, it feels like you're being categorized into something you're not. It bothers some people, and it doesn't bother others. The Aussies/Kiwis example was actually quite perfect. Maybe try looking it this way- people don't appreciate being labeled as something we're not, weather is e out of a sense of national pride, a desire for accuracy, or not wanting to discuss foreign policy with people.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 04:58
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shootist70 wrote...
Every 0.5 seconds somebody argues about USA v whatever on the internets. Time to grow up folks. Whatever country you're from, you don't do it any favours with bigotry.
Voice of reason. Last time I checked we are all human beings.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 05:07
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and yet human beings are the most destructive force on the face of the earth.ErichHartmann wrote...
shootist70 wrote...
Every 0.5 seconds somebody argues about USA v whatever on the internets. Time to grow up folks. Whatever country you're from, you don't do it any favours with bigotry.
Voice of reason. Last time I checked we are all human beings.
it is in our nature to hate one another and to fight for dominance.
it is human nature.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 05:08
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shootist70 wrote...
Every 0.5 seconds somebody argues about USA v whatever on the internets. Time to grow up folks. Whatever country you're from, you don't do it any favours with bigotry.
Well said.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 05:10
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shootist70 wrote...
Every 0.5 seconds somebody argues about USA v whatever on the internets. Time to grow up folks. Whatever country you're from, you don't do it any favours with bigotry.
I'm more tolerant than others. I do it every 0.6 seconds.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 05:20
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Those poor Americans? and Canadians.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 07:01
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tez19 wrote...
and yet human beings are the most destructive force on the face of the earth.
it is in our nature to hate one another and to fight for dominance.
it is human nature.
Spoken like someone who has never been exposed to a vast majority of the variety apparent in human culture, or studied the topic at all, preferring to rely entirely on heavily biased gathering of observational "evidence."
But seriously, why do the Crimson Oars have an accent that appears no where else in the entire game?!
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 07:07
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Rocket_Propelled_Grenade wrote...
tez19 wrote...
and yet human beings are the most destructive force on the face of the earth.
it is in our nature to hate one another and to fight for dominance.
it is human nature.
Spoken like someone who has never been exposed to a vast majority of the variety apparent in human culture, or studied the topic at all, preferring to rely entirely on heavily biased gathering of observational "evidence."
But seriously, why do the Crimson Oars have an accent that appears no where else in the entire game?!
Their accent is pirate.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 07:09
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Random thought: someone should make a mod that edits all player dialog to pirate speech.
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Posté 10 septembre 2010 - 07:18
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David Gaider wrote...
many people seem to think accents sound "fake" even when they're completely authentic. Why, I don't know.
You know what it might be with Corinne Kempa -- she authentically has an accent that reflects a mixed background, just like Leliana -- and that means her accent shifts a bit from scene to scene -- authentically, but confusingly.
I do this myself. I've been in America since I was a kid, but sometimes, completely without noticing it, I start Englishifying, and people tell me it sounds incredibly affected and fake -- because my English accent isn't a completely consistent English accent anymore. If I try to sound English, I don't even know where to begin other than Monty Python records. When I'm not paying attention it sort of cuts in and out until people start to look at me askance and I'm all "Oh god, I'm doing the voice, aren't I?"
So maybe that's also the reason at least in Corrine Kempa's case. Anyway, she was delightful, and the character's various assumed half-real personas (nun/spy/space-case/etc) meant that coming across as a little affected fit who she was perfectly.
